Term 4 Exam prep

There are 14 topics that should be studied.
For each point, you should create a brief overview, describing and explaining the issue. You can work together to create a revision guide. Use your book, your notes, the wiki and the internet.

The background to the Cold War
Define cold war
Causes
The Allied conferences at Yalta & Potsdam
Yalta, Feb. 1945
Potsdam, July-August 1945
Major decisions
The USSR’s policy on Eastern Europe
Creating satellites
American policy on Europe
Greece
Truman Doctrine, 1947
Marshall Aid, 1947
Berlin Blockade, 1948-9
Reasons for blockade
Allied response
Consequences
NATO, Warsaw Pact & other alliances
Cominform, Comecon
NATO
Warsaw Pact
Reasons for formation
Arms race, Reasons and Consequences / Results
Nuclear arms race
Space race
Consequences
Korean War, 1950-53
Causes of conflict
Consequences / Results
Crises in Europe
Hungarian uprising, 1956 (very briefly)
U-2 incident, 1960
Berlin Wall, 1961
Reasons for wall
Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962
Causes
Define / Explain
US & Soviet reaction
Resolution & effects
Vietnam War, 1965 - 1973
Causes and results
Vietcong
Successes of détente in 1970s
Reasons for détente
Successes
SALT
Failure of détente in late 1970s


Just read through the chapters on these subjects:
Soviet involvement in Afghanistan in 1980s (briefly)
Reasons for invasion
Consequences
Solidarity in Poland
Describe Solidarity
Consequences for Eastern Europe / USSR
Gorbachev & collapse of Communism
Gorbachev, Glasnost. Perestroika
Collapse of Soviet control in Central & Eastern Europe
Collapse of USSR & Communism

But you need to know about the reasons for the fall of communism.